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These beetles walk on water, upside down, underneath the surface. The insect’s inverted surface scurrying is a rare method for getting around.
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“I didn’t fully grasp what he was describing until he showed me the video. Then I was floored.” sciencenews.org/article/beet…
What are the most popular reptile pets? And how can Google be an important research tool to help us find out?
#beardeddragons #leopardgecko #ballpython #cornsnake #iguanas #chameleons #herpetology #herpetoculture #pettrade #googletrends @JoseValdezPhD doi.org/10.3390/ani11030676
What are the most popular pet reptile pets? Find out here: mdpi.com/2076-2615/11/3/676
Check out the new #Openaccess #PeerReview article that examines the most popular reptiles in the pet trade and the potential value of Google Trends as a research tool in @Animals_MDPI by Dr. Jose W. Valdez @JoseValdezPhD
Spider strength! 🕷️🕸️💪🏽
Hauling up a hefty meal: Long‐Jawed spider (Araneae, Tetragnathidae) uses silk lines to transport large prey vertically through the air in the absence of a web onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/… great finding by @OzGouldian
#arachnid #spidersilk #predator #prey
World-First Sighting Of Slug Sliding Down Mucus Thread Like A Spider On Silk by @OzGouldian and @JoseValdezPhD via @IFLScience: iflscience.com/plants-and-an…
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When the frog makes its move, the beetle turns the tables. It jumps onto the amphibian’s head and bites down. Then it drinks its would-be predator’s fluids out like a froggy Capri Sun. nyti.ms/31RFbgn
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If you had any doubt as to how badass preying mantises are: "Spiders represented over half of all predatory events and were the main predator for all vertebrates EXCEPT BIRDS, WHICH WERE MOSTLY PREYED UPON BY PRAYING MANTIS!"
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The strangest and most bizarre frogs on the planet #amphibians theecospace.wordpress.com/20…
Since extinctions are a critical part of the evolutionary process, should some species have the right to die out? New post by @OzGouldian brings up some interesting questions. theecospace.wordpress.com/20…
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Say hello to the world's first venomous frog sciencemag.org/news/2015/08/…
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It's a tadpole eat tadpole world. Meet the cannibalistic and predatory tadpole of Australia.
doi.org/10.1111/eth.12995
publish.csiro.au/zo/ZO19065
@CSIROPublishing @wileyecology @wileyinresearch
#frogs #herpetology #WildOz #mosquito
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Meet the tadpole that eats its friends and hunts its neighbors theecospace.wordpress.com/20… @OzGouldian @BiologyUon @UON_research @wileyecology @CSIROPublishing #predation #amphibians #cannibalism #mosquitolarvae #WildOz
Endangered or just hidden? Rare plant species can lay dormant up to a century in soil #soil #plants #seeds
#soilseedbank #conservation #germination #dirt #restoration #habitats #botany #flora #phytology #mudflats
#peterposchlod #sergeyrosbakh @ELSenviron
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When prey becomes predator: How the voracious appetite of an aquatic beetle may be affecting frog populations theecospace.wordpress.com/20…
doi.org/10.1071/ZO19039
doi.org/10.1111/ens.12381
How a grassroots initiative can help save fish from extinction #conservation #aquarium #aquariumhobbyists #aquarists #freshwater #CARES #hobbyists #threatenedfish #citizenscience theecospace.wordpress.com/20…
Mosquitoes may be spreading a big problem for amphibians #conservation #chytrid #frogs #disease #vector #herpetology #frognews theecospace.wordpress.com/20…
